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A Golden Age

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Tahmima Anam

 

 

For my parents, Shaheen and Mahfuz Anam, who planted hope in my heart

 

Freedom, you are

an arbour in the garden, the koel’s song, glistening leaves on banyan trees,
my notebook of poetry, to scribble as I please. Shamsur Rahman,
Shadhinota Tumi

 

Contents‌

 

Epigraph Map
March 1959
iv vii
Prologue
1
March 1971
Shona with her back to the sun
13
25 March 1971 Operation Searchlight
51
April
Radio Free Bangladesh
67
May
Tikka Khan, the Butcher of Bengal!
95
June
I loves you, Porgy
127
July
The red-tipped bird
155
August, September, October Salt Lake
203
November
Take my affliction
239
16 December 1971
267
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Credits
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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